Reply to: RE>Rebuilds
It may be cheating to use high technology for rebuilding such "simple" cars,
but there is a better way to document parts than polaroids. Most of you
have probably seen the tape of four hours worth of rebuilding SU carbs.
Since cam-corders are so common, surely a few of you have one. I would
think that a carefully mounted tripod over a work bench would be ideal.
That should completely eliminate any "spare" parts at the end of a rebuild.
It will also help on all engine bay reconnections, as well as authenticity.
If you are going to do this, be sure your hands are as clean as TeriAnn, etal,
have suggested. Rebuilding an engine may be cheaper than replacing your cam-
corder. A final bit of fun with this, especially if you are pulling the
engine: Show the tape in fast forward or fast reverse, Haynes is correct,
refitting is just the opposite of removal!
Good luck to all of you winter rebuilders. Someday classes will end and I
can join the fun.
---- That's exactly what I did with my MGA. I have over an hour of footage
showing details of everything I took apart. The "macro" capability of the
camcorder was especially useful, allowing me to focus as close as
2 inches! Another useful camcorder feature is the _microphone_ that comes with
it, allowing me to _narrate_ each assembly. Fingers also come in handy. "Look,
this bolt takes this washer with the red end out, then that washer with the
serrated half at ninety degrees....". With the
camcorder record, a large notebook filled with drawings, and liberal use of
plastic baggies and marked-up masking tape, I have no worries about
not being able to put my car together whenever I get around to it ( hopefully
this spring ).
- Jerry Kaidor
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